At last, something useful from Lidl. And what a brilliant thing it is. Lidl are selling this Shower Stool. Behold.

This is what I’ve been seeking all these years. Now, when I’m horribly hungover, I can have a refreshing shower while also having a bit of a sit down. Fantastic. This standing-up lark is for the birds.

All I need now is one of those neck-brace things to avoid having to hold my own head up and my hangovers will be a vastly more pleasant experience. I may even try for more of them.

Edgar: I thank you for your kind encouragement. I hope you don’t mind but, as your comment linked directly to a commercial site, I have taken the liberty of removing the URL. I trust that you were not commenting here purely to help drive site traffic and so, I assumed that you wouldn’t mind. Do let me know if you pop back and take issue though.

Gerry Hayes

I mostly sit around all day and drink tea. Occasionally, I write stuff and send it to strangers so they can humiliate me and deride my efforts. Other than the self-harm to dull the shame of failure, it's not a bad life. Like I say, there's tea.